July 2011
24 posts
HK&China 2011 Quotebook
Quotebook time!
AA - I love old Asian men AA - they are so cute NT - (at hong kong, looking at a windy road) is that the Great Wall? AL - let’s follow that random couple AA - he’s such a rapist! AL - when I woke up, she was straddling me AL - everyone humps (Photographer to CT) - your hair. Very nice. (Tourist using iphone to take photos to AL) - Hi could you take a photo of...
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HK&China 2011 Day 22&23 - Shanghai & 39000feet...
last brunch! 22 days and we havent killed each other. not bad i say.
64% dark chocolate & banana granita. i would pay more than 40rmb for this. YUMZ.
white butterflies
our maglev train to pudong! guess the speed anyone?
fasting moving land object. when it banked it was epic.
pudong airport. getting ready to say goodbye!
QF130. the cathay people crashed this too! HOME TIME
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HK&China 2011 Day 21 - Shanghai
Last full day!
those egg tarts on the way to carrefour with CL and NT. nosebleed after lul
carrefour!
green tea haagen dazs
the green beans that calvin… yeah
hi leehom. intense and stimulating i see
bimbo bread
reminds us of chef’s gallery
line for yang’s at lunch. this was nicky’s 4th, our 3rd.
the statue of yang’s (imma call it that...
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HK&China 2011 Day 20 - Shanghai
LAST DAY OF CLASS
last class. EVA.
uniqlo purchases of angelo nicky and i
dinner at 1221! see guys - it wasnt raining throughout my 35min walk! are u sure you six didnt jump off the ledge at the bund into the river instead =P
tea :)
see how wet they are? apparently no cabs lul
what a cool tea pot. and a cool guy
shanghainese fish thing!
enoki mushrooms!
how much food i...
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HK&China 2011 Day 19 - Shanghai
the day angelo nicky and i skipped class. such rebels. right? or nerds. hmm.
one of nicky’s 4 “one thing to do”. crepes.
i have such wee-tarded friends
thats what i got!
i agree with your assessment nicky. you look WAYYY too happy here
flaming crepes!
nicky and her crepe
angelo and his coconut crepe
my banana caramel crepe!
and yes. we finished them....
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HK&China 2011 Day 18 - Shanghai
angelo and axel’s room - the meeting point for everything.
Shanghai’s No 1 Intermediate People’s Courts
the foyer of courts. wtf calvin, wtf.
hi nicky. you look bored
i know i was bored
dinner with Simon!
hope you enjoyed your first xiao long bao and lamian noodles experience dude
the bund was so packed! it was like a Tuesday night!
2 or 4 second...
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HK&China 2011 Day 17 - Shanghai
pearl tower
pudong
cylindrical Apple Store! walk down to actually enter it!
my artsy photo of the day
more haagen dazs green tea ice cream
someone bought a new purchase today. someone. im not gonna say who.
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HK&China 2011 Day 16 - Shanghai
mini-amusement park at People’s Park
was looking for any concierge to ask for a map, and i decided to head into the Le Meridian at east nanjing. lobby was at level 11, and look at what i saw when the lift doors opened at L11 for me. yum. angelo reckons it was a sunday brunch thing
hersheys!
entrance gate to the shanghai museum
4 floors with about 4 exhibition rooms each!
and...
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HK&China 2011 Day 15 - Shanghai & Xitang
Xi Tang water town
oh man what a sucky city. it was cool for 5minutes with the view then it got meh.
xi tang alleyways
such awkward gaps in between these three =P
Mission Impossible 3 closing scenes were shot here, apparently
my artsy photo of the day
dinner at adelle’s homeground, sorta. complete with a seedy waiter, of course
bread and dips! hommus tzatziki and some...
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HK&China 2011 Day 14 - Shanghai
apple store at xintiandi. an obvious landmark and meeting point
one of my few attempts for a group shot via a mirror reflection. German dinner that night - realisation that drinks cost a lot of money!
the pretzel tree!
plate of meatloaf, sausages and pork knuckle!
ooooo he’s a gold digger.
haagen-dazs cafe! it has crispy sandwich yumz
hi steven
and hi angelo
what...
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HK&China 2011 Day 13 - Shanghai
more “school” excursions!
colour accent in action
shanghai stock exchange
stock exchange bull
stock exchange floor
yeah, proud of our VIP passes
i assume this is the ‘drip dry’ photo
obligatory group photo
my artsy photo of the day
yuyuan gardens
lining up for xiao long bao at yuyuan gardens. nan xiang dumplings!
stacks of wooden...
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HK&China 2011 Day 10 - Shanghai
the day i forgot my camera. photos using shuyan’s camera
People 7!
people firefly 7 - food time
drinks!
the password door =D
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HK&China 2011 Day 12 - Shanghai
excursion to the other campus of the University
my one photo of our ‘near death’ experience
sadly, out of focus
wish our library has a giant spiral staircase
(insert smileyface)
yay group shot
hi shuyan!
this was before i realised something was wrong with my eye and had to bail on the rest of the excursion. how sad.
niche bar
test tube shots!
inside the...
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HK&China 2011 Day 11 - Shanghai
our mascots in class. clearly we arent bored in class =P
the first of our many bus rides
this captures what we all felt
nanjing road. shanghai is smart with its West-East street signs
green xiao long bao
nan xiang restaurant YUM
YANG’S DUMPLINGS YUM
best mochi? i think its up there. green tea one was so good!
mango yoghurt :)
the bund
lights @ the bund
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HK&China 2011 Day 9 - Beijing & Shanghai
on the beijing metro for the last time this trip. but wow this was hard. having to carry luggage and all. Shanghai here we come!
constant speed of 309kph. but stupid annoying brats in our carriage!
view from the train
our bullet train. 4 hours 48 minutes to Shanghai
yay
opening banquet. good food, in preparation for shite lunch.
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HK&China 2011 Day 8 - Beijing
onwards towards the bird’s nest stadium! the 2008 Olympics stadium here we come!
at the beijing birds nest stadium, the moment we realised that the ground takes better group photos
birds nest
weird benches outside the stadium
inside the stadium
we got to ride segways inside the stadium!!
but some of us were a bit noob getting off the segway.
“dont help him!! just...
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HK&China 2011 Day 7 - Beijing
around beijing!
summer palace!
we chose the walk uphill from the wrong end of the summer palace
yeah. this is china. or asia. whichever floats your boat
one of the ‘palaces’ in summer palace
break time at summer palace
hahaha the photo tells it all
more paddle boats. this time at the summer palace
another world heritage site that i have conquered.
quick...
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HK&China 2011 Day 6 - Beijing
the day to check out the Great Wall!
start of the great wall
mountains mountains mountains
wow. just wow.
just chilling. you know, like whatevs
grand stuff.
beijing workers stadium
manchurian dinner
drinks at night
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HK&China 2011 Day 5 - Beijing
Tiananmen Gate today!
breakfast! maybe the sole reason that I havent gotten sick yet. fruit fruit fruit!
wooo photo infront of a photo. that is one giant portrait.
such detail!
shuyan’s best friend
obligatory jumping shot
our entrance ticket
spot NT and AS :)
will needs to stop with his peace signs
wow red cap group behind us
damn the forbidden city. why be...
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HK&China 2011 Day 4 - Beijing
Beijing Airport. we have arrived!
the 90th year celebration. big in Beijing, clearly.
Beijing markets. such a big grin AL =P
yeah
this tasted like premium calpis - white chocolate style
view from the premier lounge
one of the best peking duck experience i have ever had. great food, even greater company
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HK&China 2011 Day 3 - Hong Kong & Macau
Macau-time
at the terminal, waiting for the ferry
macau we hope you are ready for us
exorbitant number of Chinese people ready to gamble their life away in Macau
AL and NT at the Venetian
i’m in heaven
MGM buffet for lunch
downtown Macau
St Paul’s, Macau
errrrrr
Macau Fort
smile is only for the brave
spot the lionhearted
we can...
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HK&China 2011 Day 2 - Hong Kong
downtown HK
view from the peak
the peak
HP world recreation at Times Square
play spot-the-doppelganger at Zara
street food in hk. sadly only AS and NT dared the front :(
ready for high tea at the Peninsula HK?
string quartet for our (personal) enjoyment
but be ready for the stupidly long line. turns out to be a 90minute wait.
top of the line, waiting to be...
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HK&China 2011 Day 1 - Hong Kong
HK Starbucks to start the day (and the whole trip!) - iced green tea latte for me!
michelin star restaurant ordering menu
the really long line AFTER we got in the restaurant
so cheap. so so cheap
cable car to giant-as buddha
glass bottomed cable car :)
giant-as buddha
view from the top
dinner!
view from the ferry from hong kong island
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HK&China 2011 Day 0 - Sydney->HK
menu from qantas - no cadbury hot chocolate :(